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PIRAEUS, Greece (AFP) — Olympiakos basketball coach David Blatt revealed on Monday that he had been diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). “Sometimes life throws things at you that really have no explanation or rhyme or reason. Those are moments that upon recognizing you have to make choices that test your true character,” the 60-year-old Israeli American said in a letter to the team. Blatt said he was diagnosed with PPMS a few months […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Dwight Howard has been given permission by the Memphis Grizzlies to talk with the Los Angeles Lakers, who are seeking a center after a knee injury to DeMarcus Cousins, according to reports. ESPN, USA Today and sports website The Athletic say the Grizzlies have approved talks between the Lakers and Howard, who led the NBA in rebounds when he played for the Lakers in the 2012-13 season. Cousins suffered […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A second planet has been discovered circling Beta Pictoris, a fledgling star in our own galaxy offering astronomers a rare glimpse of a planetary system in the making, according to a study published Monday. “We talking about a giant planet about 3,000 times more massive than Earth, situated 2.7 times further from its star than the Earth is from the Sun,” said Anne-Marie Lagrange, an astronomer at France’s National Centre for […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter and Facebook said Monday they had uncovered a campaign by China to use the social media platforms against pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. “We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change,” Twitter said in an online post. Facebook said a tip from Twitter led to the removal of […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area near Northern Samar. PAGASA said the trough of the LPA, which as of 3 a.m. was located 975 kilometers east of Catarman, will bring Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Batanes and Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms due […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Aug. 19, dismissed Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua’s remark Overseas Filipino Workers in China could also be accused of spying. Zhao issued the remark after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed concerns about the proximity of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations hubs to military facilities, saying the Chinese nationals employed there could easily shift to spying. “The Office of the President shares the sentiment of Secretary Lorenzana and (Socioeconomic) Secretary (Ernesto) Pernia when […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen has declined the SC en banc’s nomination of him for the Chief Justice post. SC public information office chief Brian Hosaka said this was according to Leonen himself, in a statement sent to him after the en banc agreed to nominate the five most senior justices for the post to be left vacant by Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin when he retires on Oct. 17. In the statement, Leonen […]
(Eagle News)–Lawyers Chel Diokno and Lorenzo Tañada III have asked the Department of Justice panel conducting a preliminary probe into the sedition charges filed against them and several others to stop the Office of the Solicitor General from representing the Philippine National Police, the complainant, and to sanction the OSG. In filing the omnibus motion that also sought to annul all previous actions of the OSG, Diokno and Tañada said the OSG misstated University of […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested at least 11 people, including a Sudanese and an Egyptian, for alleged large-scale illegal recruitment. In a statement, the NBI said Egyptian Ahmed Ragab Ramadan Ahmed, Sudanese Muwafag Yusuf Omer Musa alias Muwafag Yusuf Omer, and Filipinos Lorezel Mainit Reyes-Sarte, Laila Verano Aquino, Jhona Pestijo Pastora, Rhazmalyn Ibrahim Musa, Josephus Askin Pacer, Vea Casandra Tindugan Berja, Howard Justin Villate Apuntar, Geanmarie Garay Ner and Julieta Ferrer Mendoza […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s family has released a picture of the chief executive, following reports he had not been seen in public for a time. In the picture released by Honeylet Avanceña, Duterte was seen posing with her and his youngest daughter Kitty. The Palace earlier said the President was fine but was very busy, and had to catch up on some paperwork. It added the chief executive was not suffering from any medical condition. […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas on Monday, Aug. 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 18 kilometers southwest of Calatagan at 10:55 a.m. Depth of focus was 114 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. has ordered the filing of a diplomatic protest against China over the unauthorized passage of Chinese warships through Sibutu Strait. Locsin gave the order to the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Asia and Pacific Affairs in a Tweet. “Fire diplomatic protest over Chinese warship; drop the diplomatic crap; say it is ours period; they’re trespassing,” Locsin said. According to Locsin, “if we did it already, fire another.” […]
